Ron Wyden

If America's busted old tax code truly excels at anything, it's rewarding those who are fortunate enough to already have wealth.

Inequality isn't just about race, it's also about gender.

But there is more work to do.

According to a recent survey, a typical white American family has eight times the wealth of a typical black American family.

The second is an investment credit to encourage investments in the smallest of the small businesses.

I am the sponsor, along with Congresswoman Clarke and my colleague Senator Booker, of the Algorithm Accountability Act.

The fact is, the tax code is not strictly about government funding.

The first is a tax credit for hiring, first, an employee--an incentive to hire that person.

Today, several of my colleagues--Senator Cortez Masto, Senator Hassan, Senator Cardin, and I--will be introducing two new tax incentives.

Nobody of good conscience wants there to be a race-based penalty or a discount on taxes.

It is time for more tax data transparency.

The fact is, some recent changes have made the situation worse.

I've said that every time we discuss our Federal health programs, we're going to talk about the transformation of Medicare.

If confirmed, I'm committed to working on this urgent matter.

Bottom line, these are both highly qualified nominees who will be ready to go on Day 1 after they're confirmed by the Senate.

There's a lot of work to be done at HHS in the months and years ahead, beginning with continuing the fight against COVID-19.

The child welfare system is rife with racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities.

The crisis of COVID-19 in nursing homes has been a collision of mismanagement at every level of the industry from government regulators to individual facilities.

I mean, insulin prices went up 12-fold in a period of time that was not very long; the drug is not 12 times better. I mean, it is just plain old price gouging.

I want you to know that what I am in favor of is a policy that has Medicare negotiate on behalf of the more than 60 million Medicare beneficiaries in order to get them a better deal.

When big pharma is price-gouging, they are going to lose subsidies.

It is outrageous, I say to our nominees and colleagues, that in affluent white suburbs there are all kinds of health-care services of the most sophisticated nature, and in so many communities of color, it is like a health-care desert, and…

I have said that every single time this committee talks about Federal health programs, we are going to be talking about updating the guarantee of Medicare.

I think we know why this is such an acutely important issue to millions of people; they just feel like they are getting mugged at the pharmacy counter.

There is a lot of work to be done at HHS; vaccinations are way up, but cases and deaths are still awfully high.